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We offer a diverse range of job opportunities at the Department of Physics from academic and research roles to professional services and support roles. From technicians and engineers to accountants and administrators, everybody in the department plays their part; together, we apply the transformative power of physics to the foremost scientific problems, educate the next generation of leading physicists and promote the public understanding of physics.

Current vacancies

Post Doctoral Research Assistant

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
Standard Grade 7: £36,024- £44,263 per annum
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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant

Condensed Matter Physics
Grade 7: £36,024 - £44, 263 per annum
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Postdoctoral researcher in Single-Molecule Imaging in Living Cells

Condensed Matter Physics
Standard Grade 7: £36,024 – £44,263 pa
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Postdoctoral researcher in Single-Cell Microbiology of Bacterial Gene Expression

Condensed Matter Physics
Standard Grade 7: £36,024 – £44,263 pa
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Post-Doctoral Research Assistant

Condensed Matter Physics
Standard Grade 7: £36,024 - £44,263
Closing date:

PDRA in satellite remote sounding and analysis of volcanic cloud

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
Standard Grade 7: £36,024 - £ 39,347 per annum
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Breakthrough Listen Murriyang (Parkes) Observer

Astrophysics
Grade 5: £28,759 - £33,966 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in mechanics of sustainable materials for zero emission architecture

Condensed Matter Physics
Standard Grade 7: £36,024 – £44,263 pa
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Research Assistant in Software Development for Neutrino Physics

Particle Physics
Grade 7: £36,024- £44,263pa
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in single-molecule biochemistry and biophysics of DNA replication

Condensed Matter Physics
Grade 7: £36,024 -£44,263 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in single-molecule biophysics of DNA replication

Condensed Matter Physics
Grade 7: £36,024 -£44,263 per annum
Closing date:

Senior Software Developer for Space Instrumentation

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
Standard Grade 7: £36,024 - £44,263
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Associate Professor of Physics

Particle Physics
Associate Professor (Tf-University): Combined University and College salary in the range: £52,815 to £70,918 p.a., plus substantial additional benefits including a housing allowance of £19,497 p.a.
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